Arsenal (ENG) Arsène Wenger spent the first half of summer working for television at UEFA EURO 2016, where his players performed well. The Gunners were back in training before the EURO ended though, on 5 July, and kick off their campaign at home to Liverpool on 13 August. 22/07: Lens 1-1 Arsenal (Lens, France) 28/07: MLS All-Stars 1-2 Arsenal (San Jose, United States) 31/07: Guadalajara 1-3 Arsenal (Carson, United States) 05/08: Viking 0-8 Arsenal (Stavanger, Norway) 07/08: Arsenal v Manchester City (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Club Brugge (BEL)Club Brugge had their first friendly in late June, two weeks into UEFA EURO 2016. Unlike most of their fellow group stage contenders, they did not jet off across the globe, only going as far as the Netherlands. They beat Standard Liège in the Belgian Super Cup on Saturday despite being a goal and a man down. 25/06: Knokke 0-3 Club Brugge29/06: Torhout 1-3 Club Brugge (Torhout, Belgium)02/07: Oudenaarde 1-2 Club Brugge06/07: Club Brugge 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk (Garderen, Netherlands)09/07: Club Brugge 0-2 PAOK (Garderen, Netherlands)15/07: Club Brugge 0-0 Olympiacos (Roeselare, Belgium)20/07: Roeselare 1-3 Club Brugge (Roeselare, Belgium)

Napoli (ITA) Napoli met up on 6 July at their headquarters at Castelvolturno and three days later travelled to the Alpine retreat of Dimaro (their summer base for five years now). They headed back to Naples on 30 July. 18/07: Napoli 10-0 Anaune (Dimaro, Italy) 23/07: Napoli 4-0 Trento (Dimaro, Italy)28/07: Napoli 5-0 Entella (Dimaro, Italy)01/08: Napoli 3-0 Nice (Naples, Italy)

Real Madrid (ESP) The holders returned to training on 18 July and their first game of 2016/17 comes on 8 August when they take on Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. 28/07: Real Madrid 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain (Ohio, United States) 30/07: Real Madrid 3-2 Chelsea (Michigan, United States) 04/08: Bayern München 0-1 Real Madrid (New Jersey, United States)